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WKU, IU land players on Doak Walker list

Western Kentucky junior Leon Allen and Indiana junior Tevin Coleman both made the 53-player Doak Walker Award watch list revealed Thursday for the recognition honoring the best running back in major college football.

Western Kentucky junior Leon Allen and Indiana junior Tevin Coleman both made the 53-player Doak Walker Award watch list revealed Thursday for the recognition honoring the best running back in major college football.

Allen, playing behind star back Antonio Andrews last year, still managed 370 yards and five touchdowns on 72 carries. Poised to become WKU’s starting running back this season, he averaged 5.1 yards per carry in 2013.

Coleman, an All-Big Ten Conference honorable mention last year, was the first Hoosier back to average at least 100 yards — he tallied 106.4 last season in nine games — since Levron Williams in 2001. He tied for second in the big Ten in yards per attempt (7.3 yards) and was third in all-purpose yards per game (141.7 yards).

Named for the three-time All-American running back Doak Walker, who played for Southern Methodist in the 1940s, the award will be announced at the College Football Awards Show Dec. 11 on ESPN.

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